e-books, books, podcasts, video training, in person moto training, youtube vids etc.
Here is my collection of Moto learning resources!
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ugyQOU8tKtInoMwFk920F1jbliKv22JhMvDmAE915hg/edit?usp=sharing
Copy/Paste current table/matrix (most up-to-date is the link ABOVE).
| Priority 1-3 | TYPE | Title | Author | summary |
| 0.5 | Video training | Chris Birch’s “Say no to slow” for adv and dirt bike | https://saynotoslow.nz/ | I wish’d I’d watched and practiced these 5-10 years ago, this would have signifanctly increased my skills, both Dirt Bike and ADV |
| 0.5 | podcast | Bret Tkacs | https://www.brettkacs.com/learn-to-ride-at-home/ | Thomas E’s all time fav online trainer |
| 0.5 | youtube ch | Bret Tkacs | https://www.youtube.com/c/BretTkacs/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid | Professional ADV riding instructor |
| 1 | forum | ADVrider.com | The largest adventure riding forum | |
| 1 | youtube/rallys | Everride | https://www.youtube.com/c/eveRideorg/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid | Utah-based dual sport rider, organizes rallies in Southern Utah. |
| 1 | book | Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values by Robert M Pirsig | Zen and the Art is a re-read for me every couple of years. It’s more a philosophy book than a motorbike book, but he uses attitudes about machines and people’s relationships to them to illustrate the value of a life focused on quality, connectedness to reality, involvement, and understanding. | |
| 1 | book | Proficient Motorcycling (and More Proficient Motorcycling) – David Hough | ||
| 1 | online course | The Essential Guide to Any Motorcycle Traveler | Pavlin Zhelev | https://rtw-adventures.com/online-course-1.html |
| 1 | ebook | How to become a better long-distance motorcycle rider – e-book. | Pavlin Zhelev | https://rtw-adventures.com/online-course-1.html |
| 1 | ebook | The next level of adventures – e-book. | Pavlin Zhelev | https://rtw-adventures.com/online-course-1.html |
| 1 | ebook | Head East – Motorcycle Adventure in Central Asia, e-book. | Pavlin Zhelev | https://rtw-adventures.com/online-course-1.html |
| 1 | youtube ch | Mototrek AKA Bret Tkacs | https://www.youtube.com/c/MOTOTREK/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid | Adventure riding tips from professional riding instructors. Great production |
| 1 | youtube ch | Fortnine AKA Ryan F9 | https://www.youtube.com/c/FortNine/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid | Candian retailer. Produces amazing short films about motorcycles. |
| 1 | podcast | adventure rider radio and RAW | https://adventureriderradio.com/ | https://adventureriderradio.com/arr-raw |
| 1 | Ebook | https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle_and_motorcycle_dynamics | ||
| 1 | Podcast | https://adventureriderradio.com/adventure-rider-radio-episodes/2022/4/14/should-you-stand-or-sit-on-an-adventure-motorcycle | stand vs sit, balance, physics, dynamics | |
| 1 | Video | Long way round. Down and up video/documentary | https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0959858/ | |
| 1 | rides/routes | BDR (back country discovery routes | https://ridebdr.com/utbdr/ | |
| 1 | training | https://dualsportschool.com/ | ||
| 1 | training | UtahRidered.com | gov training, the most amount of people trained for the least amount of money. Its a good value and you do important parking lot drills, but at somepoint you got to get out of the parking lot | |
| 1 | rallys | http://dualsportwest.com/ | ||
| 1 | youtube ch | Megs Braap | https://www.youtube.com/c/MeganGriffithsDirtbike/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid | |
| 1 | youtube ch | Cross Training Enduro | https://www.youtube.com/c/CrossTrainingEnduroSkills/videos?view=0&sort=p&flow=grid | |
| 1.1 | youtube episode | https://youtu.be/U1mSavQ_DXs | RyanF9 | Motorcycle Riders – You’re Leaning the Wrong Way |
| 1.1 | youtube episode | https://youtu.be/Iujn5P4evwo | Bret Tkacs | Master balance, clutch, throttle & brake on your ADV motorcycle |
| 1.1 | youtube episode | https://youtu.be/6_qGA_F-Gac | working man’s toolkit, not some polished turd toolkit | ADV KLR 650 Tool Kit for Adventure motorcycling Part 2 |
| 1.1 | youtube episode | https://youtu.be/KRxoz49MwIY | How To: 5 Adventure Riding Tips with Jimmy Lewis | |
| 1.1 | youtube episode | https://youtu.be/mDSnRT3QjHM | Crazy Auzzie’s and the river crossing crocs | Motorcycle Adventure Cape York |
| 1.1 | youtube episode | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCf1any-Yg0 | Dirt Bike Clutch Control! The Top Drills to Help YOU Master Your Clutch Skills. | |
| 1.1 | youtube episode | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6PuutIm5h4 | Conservation of Angular Momentum | |
| 2 | podcast | dirt bike channel | ||
| 2 | podcast | the dirt buzz | ||
| 2 | podcast | 200 mbb | ||
| 2 | podcast | chasing the horizons | ||
| 2 | podcast | Revzilla Highside/Lowside | ||
| 2 | book | A Twist of the Wrist (I & II), The Soft Science of Road Racing – Keith Code | ||
| 2 | book | Total Control – Lee Parks | ||
| 2 | book | Charlie and Ewan put out a book to go along with The Long Way Round with the same title. For fans of the series it’s a fun way to get one layer deeper into the adventure. | ||
| 2 | youtube | Revzilla (The Shop Manual, Common Tread XP) | US based retailer. They produce bike reviews and repair videos as well | |
| 2 | youtube | Motorcyclist Magazine (MC Garage) | MC Garage series has lots of great repair tips and how-to guides | |
| 2 | podcast | Grassroots podcast austrilian hard enduro | ||
| 2 | podcast | ClevelandMoto | ||
| 2 | blog | Revzilla Common Tread | ||
| 2 | youtube ch | MCrider | https://www.youtube.com/c/MCrider | good road strategy, MSF instructor |
| 2 | youtube ch | https://www.youtube.com/c/DanDanTheFireman | careful, watching all these crashes may make you paranoid. | |
| 3 | book | Jupiter’s Travels – Ted Simon | ||
| 3 | book | Honda Common Service Manual | Honda | Covers how every system on a motorcycle works and how to repair it. It’s applicable to most bikes, not just Honda. A must-have in any DIYer’s workshop. |
| 3 | book | Vehicle-Dependent Expedition Guide | Tom Sheppard and Jonathan Hanson | The overlanding bible. Oriented towards 4×4 vehicles but much of the book is applicable to motocamping and car camping. |
| 3 | book | The Perfect Vehicle – Melissa Holbrook Pierson | ||
| 3 | book | John Britten – Tim Hanna (very interesting, but a tome to read) | ||
| 3 | book | Long Journey Home – Robert Fulton | ||
| 3 | book | Leanings (best of Peter Egan) – Peter Egan | ||
| 3 | book | Lone Rider by Elspeth Beard | First British woman to motorcycle around the world. She was in her early 20’s and rode a 1974 BMW R60/6 around the world in the early 80’s. Great read. Pretty challenging and dangerous adventure for a young, single woman to travel the world, especially through some dangerous territory back in the 80’s (pre cell phone, pre-internet, probably pre-GPS) | |
| 3 | book | Ghost Rider by Neil Peart | ||
| 3 | ebook | TALES FROM SOUTH AMERICA: EVERYDAY LIFE, LEGENDS, & PEOPLE | ||
| 3 | Book | The Total Dirt Rider Manual: 358 Essential Dirt Bike Skills | Pete Peterson |
